Sidney Hillman Quotes

• We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty.

  Sidney Hillman

  Children, Struggle, Economic Inequality

  The New Republic, Volume 115, p. 379, 1946.

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• I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.

  Sidney Hillman

  Running, Believe, Machines

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• Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

  Sidney Hillman

  Political, Politics

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• Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.

  Sidney Hillman

  Done, Want, Hours

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